Surname Nimac in modern Croatia

Nimac families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area (Lisani Ostrovacki). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Benkovac. In Lišane Ostrovičke in Benkovac area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Nimac.

Prevalence

About 650 people with faimily name Nimac live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (195), Lisane Ostrovicke in Benkovac area (165), Zadar (85), Sibenik (40), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nimac (including: Niemach , Niemaz , Nimaz and Niematz ) is present in 24 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Nimac, Šime Nimac, Marinko Nimac, Stipe Nimac, Dragan Nimac, Damir Nimac, Ivan Nimac, Nataša Nimac, Pavao Nimac, Nedjeljko Nimac, Anđelka Nimac, Boris Nimac, Mijat Nimac, Željana Nimac, Siniša Nimac, Joso Nimac, Hajdi Nimac, Marko Nimac, Milenko Nimac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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